The Hockey Sweater: A Musical offers fresh take on classic tale
Although the original story is quite short, the musical expands the world that Carrier created, Rubin said. It explores what happened after...
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“It's fantastic. The Hockey Sweater: A Musical scores with singing, dancing and stagecraft.” Ottawa Citizen
- ≈ 2 hours and 10 minutes · With intermission
NAC English Theatre Presentation
It’s Habs country and young Roch proudly wears his number 9 hockey sweater day and night, until it is too small and threadbare to last another season. But a new sweater, sent by Mr. Eaton himself, inadvertently puts young Roch in enemy colours and having to fight on and off the ice to maintain his sense of belonging.
Roch Carrier’s timeless tale has charmed generations of children and adults with its themes of loyalty, acceptance, and hockey glory.
Produced by the Segal Centre for Performing Arts, The Hockey Sweater: A Musical features a cast of 17, including a company of eight actors between the ages of 11 and 13 years old who sing, dance, act, and skate their way through the production.
American Sign Language (A.S.L.) Presentation:
Saturday, December 22 at 2 p.m.
The NAC is continually striving to make theatre accessible to all audiences. In order to do so for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing community, English Theatre presents an A.S.L. interpretation performance.
A Segal Centre for Performing Arts (Montreal, QC) Production. Developed with support from the National Arts Centre’s National Creation Fund.
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